It’s Week 9 and it’s a hell week in terms of the byes with 6 teams off that feature lots of talent including the Pats, Cardinals & Bengals. In this weeks’ podcast Jim Hackett and Pete Davidson cover Pete’s Starts & Sits article here on WEEI.com and a bunch of other stuff both on and off topic, including Thursday Night Football, the injury situations around the league, The Cubbies eradicating 108 years of futility, movies, Cliff Clavin and more… The boys will be back on Sunday at 8am for the WEEI Fantasy Football Hour.

It’s Week 9 and it’s a hell week in terms of the byes with 6 teams off that feature lots of talent including the Pats, Cardinals & Bengals. In this weeks’ podcast Jim Hackett and Pete Davidson cover Pete’s Starts & Sits article here on WEEI.com and a bunch of other stuff both on and off topic, including Thursday Night Football, the injury situations around the league, The Cubbies eradicating 108 years of futility, movies, Cliff Clavin and more… The boys will be back on Sunday at 8am for the WEEI Fantasy Football Hour.

Christian covers a busy night in sports, talking about game 2 of the World Series, Celtics opening night, and the Bruins. Christian talks about the Celtics vs The Nets and the expectations for the Celtics this season. He also talks about another disappointing lose for the Bruins and the problems they are facing right now.

Mut and John are talking about the changes happening in the front office with the Red Sox. They also talk about the World Series between the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs and give their predictions for the series.

and with those come a new level of scrutiny. Sunday, Lester breezed through his latest test. In the series opener at ProgressiveField , it was Masterson's turn -- seven innings of shutout ball, allowing just three hits while striking out 10 in the Indians

Philly). "I just try and know as much as I can," said Francona while sitting in the visiting manager's office at ProgressiveField . "I like the way our lineup is set up right now, we just haven't done much." The ineffectiveness of the Red Sox

Red Sox DH. "I called everybody out." What Ortiz did was step into the center of the visitors dressing quarters at ProgressiveField following the Sox' Game 4 defeat at the hands of the Indians in the 2007 American League Championship Series and exclaim (in his own colorful way) that anybody who wore the Red Sox uniform

THE SOX ARE HOPING THAT JOSH BECKETT CAN SHOULDER A LOAD Josh Beckett will be making his first start of the season at ProgressiveField in Cleveland, the same venue in which he made his most important start as a Red Sox. In 2007, he took the mound in Game 5 of the ALCS, with the Sox

Sox second baseman found himself answering a similar scenario with a similar response. What had been a hitless series at ProgressiveField turned a bit when Pedroia ripped singles in his first two at-bats. Still, as he learned in '08, hits can only numb the pain for a while. "My knee hurts

Cleveland throughout the postseason — getting ahead and staying there — translated into a 6-0 Game 1 win over the Cubs at ProgressiveField Tuesday night. It improves the Indians to 8-1 this postseason, having now claimed four shutouts while giving up a total of just

Cleveland throughout the postseason — getting ahead and staying there — translated into a 6-0 Game 1 win over the Cubs at ProgressiveField Tuesday night. It improves the Indians to 8-1 this postseason, having now claimed four shutouts while giving up a total of just

14. Along those lines, the Red Sox’ relievers have allowed three inherited runners to score in the two games at ProgressiveField after letting just one of 24 come across in the first three weeks of September. It would certainly behoove the Red Sox

Friday evening. Ultimately, Ortiz did spend just more than a minute with the assembled media in the visitors clubhouse at ProgressiveField , but the designated hitter couldn’t hide his frustration when asked about his current state. “Should I be happy?” he said. Ortiz then added, “We’re getting our asses beat. Nothing

Friday evening. Ultimately, Ortiz did spend just more than a minute with the assembled media in the visitors clubhouse at ProgressiveField , but the designated hitter couldn’t hide his frustration when asked about his current state. “Should I be happy?” he said. Ortiz then added, “We’re getting our asses beat. Nothing